NLRB orders union election for over 500 New York Times tech workers
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Director John J. Walsh of the Second District Wednesday directed for a union election to be held for over 500 tech workers at The New York Times. The NewsGuild of New York represents workers at media organizations, including writers, reporters, journalists, advertising employees, sales representatives, and security guards. It [...]
US National Labor Relations Board seeks comments on post-pandemic videoconference technology use
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published Thursday an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking public comment on the continued use of videoconference technology. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the NLRB has held most hearings remotely. While the Board stated that it intends to resume hearings in person once conditions permit, it is considering whether to [...]
NLRB recovers over $56M, reinstates over 6,000 workers in FY 2021
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced Monday that it recovered over $56 million and that over 6,000 workers were offered reinstatement during the 2021 fiscal year, which was a dramatic increase from the previous fiscal year. The NLRB Office of Public Affairs confirmed that it recuperated $56,801,407 between October 2020 and September 2021. This [...]
NLRB: some college athletes classify as employees under US labor law
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo to NLRB regional offices on Wednesday stating her position that student-athletes at private universities are employees under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRA protects covered employees’ rights to form unions, collectively bargain, and engage in concerted activity for mutual aid [...]
NLRB finds Amazon interfered with Bessemer union drive, recommends new election
A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer recommended on Monday that employees at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama, hold a second election due to interference and intimidation by the retail giant. Amazon opened its Bessemer fulfillment plant in March 2020, which coincided with the beginning of the pandemic. A lack of COVID-19 safety [...]
US labor board rejects challenge to large banner displays at union strike sites
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday ruled that an Indiana labor union group (“the Union”) did not violate the National Labor Relations Act (“the Act”) with its display of a 12-foot inflatable rat with red eyes, fangs, and claws (“Scabby the Rat”) and two large banners to boycott a business near the [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided Wednesday to retain its longstanding contract-bar doctrine. In a unionized workplace, employees can file decertification petitions if they are dissatisfied with union representation and seek to no longer be represented by that specific union. However, under the NLRB’s current application of the contract-bar doctrine, a valid collective-bargaining agreement bars [...]
Amazon accused of illegal election interference following Alabama union vote
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) announced Friday that it would file Objections and Unfair Labor Practice Charges (ULPs) against Amazon with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the wake of the RWDSU’s unsuccessful union election this year at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center. The RWDSU is alleging that Amazon illegally interfered [...]
NLRB withdraws proposed rule regarding non-employee status of university students
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced Friday that it would publish a withdrawal notice by 15th March in the Federal Register withdrawing a proposed rule regarding the non-employee status of university and college students working in connection with their studies for compensation. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register in September 2019 and [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) denied Friday Amazon’s effort to limit mail voting in its Alabama union representation election, allowing 6,000 employees to begin voting Monday on whether to unionize. In November 2020, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) filed for an election at the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon fulfillment center, which has about [...]
